All his career, Miguel Cotto has been used to being the star attraction. Despite having his WBO welterweight title on the line, Cotto knows that he has second billing to Manny Pacquiao for tomorrow’s big bout here. But Cotto is not worried about billing, he has a serious point to prove.

Cotto previously boxed in this city 16 months ago, when he suffered a bloody and painful defeat by Antonio Margarito. It was something of an upset, too, but it is a bout that will for ever be wrapped in controversy because of the events that followed.

In January, Margarito defended the WBA welterweight title he had won from Cotto against Shane Mosley in Los Angeles. Before the bout, Margarito and his trainer were caught trying one of the most outrageous pieces of cheating in the sport’s history.